[akanevsky]

Then again, why do we have COPPA at all?

Cause the developers had nothing else to do / wanted to keep customers satisfied?
I don't see the point in doing any age verification or whatsoever, regardless of what site it is, unless there is some biometric identification enforced... Which first of all, does not exist yet / does exist but is too expensive for average user, and second of all, even if someone is wealthy enough to buy a biometric authorization, then that can be hacked too Too early to even think about such restrictions, anyway.